This is because he has earned the most cumulative prize money across all four Home Nations Series events this season - the English Open, the Northern Ireland Open, the Scottish Open and the Welsh Open.
Selby returned fire by winning frame three before Brecel found his groove to win frames four and five, with Selby then levelling the score again by winning frame six in the best of 11 match.
MARK SELBY's cheeky joke left spectators howling during his Welsh Open clash with Luca Brecel.
Brecel is the last star in the Welsh Open who could land a bonus prize of £150,000 for the Home Nations.
Selby and Brecel were facing one another in the Welsh Open semi-final on Saturday.